Senior Cloud Software Engineer (Python & AWS) with Pre-trading / Trading exp - Only W2

Role: Senior Cloud Software Engineer (Python/AWS) with Pre-trading / Trading exp

Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid - 3 days a week in office is required)

Job Type: W2 Contract

Primary Skills:

• Python
• Cloud platform AWS
• Containers/orchestration Docker & AWS managed container platforms (ECS or EKS)
• Infrastructure as code
• Operations and security

Domain knowledge of trading (pre-trading) is a must

The role sits on the Pre-Trade IT team, which builds and operates the platforms supporting pre-trade decision support, market data, pricing, and analytics for the trading desks.

Description:

• This is a senior individual-contributor position.

• The engineer will design, build, deploy, and operate cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, and event-driven services - primarily in Python on AWS - that ingest, process, validate, and expose market data for pricing, analytics, and pre-trade workflows.

• Responsibilities span hands-on development, cloud architecture, automation, production support, and technical leadership, including leading design and architecture reviews, defining engineering standards, and mentoring junior and mid-level engineers.

Primary stack is:

• AWS (serverless, containers on ECS/EKS, event-driven architectures) with Python as the main language, Infrastructure as Code via Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation, CI/CD, and standard observability and security tooling.
• Azure integration applies to selected enterprise and cross-platform use cases.
• The role works cross-functionally with traders, quantitative teams, product owners, architects, data, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams.